Nanaimo Bar Recipe | Quick, Easy and Crazy Delicious | Cupcake Jemma

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil provides a dairy-free option while margarine is often less expensive.

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: coconut cream

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Coconut cream offers a rich texture while the milk + cornstarch mix is budget-friendly.

granulated sugar

🥗Healthier: stevia

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Stevia reduces calories while brown sugar adds a deeper flavor.

walnuts

🥗Healthier: almonds

💰Cheaper: pecans

Almonds are often lower in calories and pecans can be more affordable.

Prepare a 10-inch baking dish by lining it with parchment paper.

Mix melted butter, caster sugar, cocoa powder, and salt in a bowl until combined.

Add the egg, crushed Hobnobs, desiccated coconut, and chopped walnuts to the mixture; stir until well blended.

Press the mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking dish evenly.

In a separate bowl, beat the soft butter until creamy; then mix in icing sugar, custard powder, and double cream until smooth.

Spread the custard buttercream mixture over the first layer in the baking dish evenly.

Melt dark chocolate and butter together in a saucepan over low heat until smooth.

Pour the melted chocolate over the custard layer and spread evenly.

Refrigerate the bars for at least 2 hours until set.

Once set, lift the bars out of the dish using the parchment paper.

Cut into squares and serve cold.

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